The Sword
Key Features
- Analog-modeled 10-band graphic EQ provides broad tonal changes with a familiar pedal-style workflow.
- Each EQ band offers up to +/-12 dB of cut or boost for targeted shaping across the range.
- A transparent clean booster supplies up to 20 dB of additional level after the EQ section.
- Independent EQ and Boost switches allow tone shaping, level adjustment, or both in one instance.
- HQ oversampling can reduce aliasing when the signal saturates.
- Resizable interface, preset handling, parameter locking, randomize, and reset tools support fast experimentation.
- 64-bit VST2, VST3, CLAP, and AAX support is joined by AU on macOS.
Description
The Sword is an analog-modeled 10-band graphic EQ and clean-boost pedal from Audiority. It places broad, hands-on tone shaping before up to 20 dB of transparent gain, making it a practical front-end utility for DI guitar, bass, and other sources that need more level or a changed frequency balance before the next processor.
Each graphic band can cut or boost by up to 12 dB, so it is suited to intentional broad strokes rather than surgical corrective EQ. The EQ and boost can be switched independently, allowing the plug-in to work as an EQ pedal, a straightforward level lift, or both together.
Its clean gain stage is most useful when placement matters: a level increase ahead of an amp simulation or drive effect can change how the next stage responds, while a post-EQ boost can simply make a shaped signal louder. The resizable interface keeps the simple pedal-style layout readable at different screen sizes.
The included manual documents an HQ oversampling option for reducing aliasing when the signal saturates, plus presets, parameter locking, randomize, and reset controls. Independent listener feedback is limited, but one KVR user reports success using it before distortion on synth bass, while another found it more useful as a transparent volume increase than as a source of drive.
The Sword is supplied by Audiority as a $0 product through an email form on its own product page. It supports 64-bit VST2, VST3, CLAP, and AAX hosts on Windows, with AU additionally available on macOS.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Sword designed to do?
The Sword combines a 10-band graphic EQ with a transparent clean booster. It is intended for broad tone shaping and level adjustment, particularly where a pedal-style EQ belongs in a processing chain.
Can I use the EQ and boost separately?
Yes. The manual lists separate EQ On and Boost switches, so you can use the graphic EQ without the gain increase or use the boost without the EQ section.
How much EQ and gain range does it provide?
Each frequency band can be adjusted by up to plus or minus 12 dB. The product page specifies a clean booster with up to 20 dB of gain.
Does The Sword include features beyond its pedal controls?
Yes. Audiority documents presets, parameter locking, randomize and reset commands, interface scaling, and an HQ option that enables oversampling to reduce aliasing when the signal saturates.
